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Avalon Theatre Company
Announces 2007 – 2008 Season
ST. LOUIS (April 11, 2007) – Avalon Theatre Company announces its third season, two plays that realize its vision to “share St. Louis with itself”: BUS STOP, an American classic by William Inge, October 12 – 21, 2007 (preview October 11) directed by Peter Mayer, and LITTLE BOSNIA, a new play by St. Louis playwright Cristina Pippa, which explores a contemporary American dream, April 11-20, 2008 (preview April 10) directed by Avalon Artistic Director, Larry Mabrey. Both productions will perform at Union United Methodist Church, 3543 Watson Road.
LITTLE BOSNIA, inspired by interviews with Bosnian refugees and their families overseas, is an original piece about the St. Louis Bosnian community written by St. Louis playwright, Cristina Pippa. LITTLE BOSNIA will feature original music by Dan Rubright and a blended cast of St. Louis theatre professionals and professional artists from the St. Louis Bosnian community, one of the fastest growing cultural groups in our city. Faris is about to graduate from college and start his American dream when he learns that he must return to Bosnia to reclaim his family’s apartment from a Croat (Catholic) woman. It is not until he sees Bosnia as an adult, after the war, still marked with beauty and injustice—and until he returns to the United States—that he discovers exactly who he is and who he wants to be.
Season subscription prices are: $45 adult; $35 student/senior. Single ticket prices are: $25 adult; $20 student/senior; $15 preview (first Thursday of the run). Group rates are available for groups of 10 or more. Performances are Thursdays, Fridays, & Saturdays @ 8:00 pm; Sundays @ 3:00 pm. For more information and to make convenient ticket purchases online, visit Avalon’s website: http://www.avalontheatre.org. Reservations may also be made by calling 314-351-6482.
Avalon Theatre Company fosters opportunities for the St. Louis professional theatre artist and focuses on socially relevant and timely plays and lesser-produced musicals. Founded in 2005, ATC operates under a Small Professional Theatre contract with Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States, and is organized as a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit corporation. Avalon received three 2006 Kevin Kline Award nominations for excellence in St. Louis professional theatre and is proud to receive support from Fox Associates Foundation and the Regional Arts Commission.
